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K. L. BURRILL.

FLOAT VALVE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. II, 1919.

1 ,323,960, Patented Deo. 2, 1919.

31a/newton KENNETH L. BURRILL, GLASGOW, NOVA scorre, CANADA.

, FLOAT-VALVE.

To aZZ whom t may, concern:

Be it'known that I, KENNETH L. BURRILL, a subject of theV King of Great Britain, residing at New Glasgow, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in Float-Valves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to valves, particularly to those of the float actuated type, and has for its object the provision of a oat valve adapted for usein cutting off the flow of water into a'recepta'cley such as, for instance, a fiushing tank,the construction of the valve being such as to eliminate the necessity of washers or other packing.

An important object is the provision of a float valve of this character having associated therewith a cut off valve sok connected with the float valve structure that the float bodily removed from the tank or other receptacle without disturbing any of the associated parts.

A further object is the provision of a valve of this character which will be extremely simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eiiicient in use, durable in service and a general improvement of the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure showing and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view showing the float vvalve body disconnected from the cut 0E valve.

Referring more articularly to the drawing, the letter A esignates a portion of a tank which is provided with the usual refill pipe B, and into which extends the usual inlet pipe C. The letter D designates my improved ioat valve as a whole which comprises a cylindrical shell 5 internally threaded at its lower end for engagement therewithin of a plug 6 provided with a central bore 7 communicating with an inverted frusto-conical recess 8 in the upper face of the plug. This'recess 8 is ground so as to form a valve seat engageable by the correspondingly shaped inverted conical lower end 9 of a valve 10 slidably disposed within the shell 5. The valve 10 is formed com- 1 is a longitudinal sectional view the valve associated with a tank,

- Spcccation'of Letters Patent.

Y 'Appucation medrebruary 11, 1919.

Patented Dee: 2, 1919. serial No. 276,414. y i

paratively heavy so that it will seatV effectively within the recess 8. A vertically disposed pipe 11 is arranged within the tank A' and has-itsupper end communicating with the interior of the shell 5- above the topof the plug 6. Extending into the lower end of the pipe 11 is the lower'end of an upwardly extending tube 12 which has its upper end discharging into the refill pipe'B to provide the usual after flush.

In order that the position of the valve 10 'I y A the level of the water within the tank A, l provide a stem 13 extending upwardly from the topv of the may be controlled by valve 10 and arranged' through :a suitable stuffing box 14 in the top of the shell v5l Pivotally connected with'y he upper end of the stem 13, as shown at 15, is one end of a float arm 16 which carries at its outer end a float 17 of ordinary construction. The rod 16 is provided intermediate its ends with an adjusting joint 18 and is pivoted at 19 upon an upstanding bracket 20 secured to the side of the shell 5. IThe bracket 20 is provided with a plurality of holes 21 engageable selectively by a cotter pin or the like which passes through the float arm 16 whereby the fulcruin of t e fioat arm may be adjusted.

lllhreaded upon the upper end of the inlet pipe C is a cut off valve 22 which has its upper end provided with a recess 28 within which is disposed the tapered end 211 of a pipe 25 which has its upper end threaded into the bore 7 of the plug 6. The pipe 25 is provided adjacent its lower end with a flange 26 engaged by a flanged union 27 which is internally threaded for engagement upon the externally threaded upper end of the cut off valve 22.

With the pipe C and valve 22 in position within the tank, .the ioat valve D is placed in position with the tapered lower end 24 of the pipe 25 disposed within the recess 23 in the cut ofi:l valve 22, after which the union 27 is screwed onto the valve 22. This will result in the proper positioning of the float valve structure D within the tank, as shown in the drawing. Assuming that the tank A is empty, opening the valve 22 will permit water to enter through the pipe C, valve 22, pipe 25, through the valve 'seat 8 and into the shell 5, whence it will pass through the pipe 11 and into the tank A. When the level of the water within the tank has risen to a considerable extent, the float 17 will be pivot 19 and moving the valve l0v downwlardly intoengagementwith/the seat 8..

Y Vater will then cease to liow into the tank Y tank.

vbut will' remain therein until some suitable y discharge lvalve, not p shown, is opened.

' When such valve is opened the water w.ith.l

in the tank Willl of course flowrtherefrom whereupon the float 17 and arm 16 will be moved downwardly causing the valve 10 to be elevated, permitting water to flow from the supply pipe into the pipe 1l to refill the As water flows through the pipe l1, a certain portion thereof will pass through the small tube'12 and into theY pipe B until the tank is nearlyfull, whereupon the raising of the lever lvby the float 17 will cause the supply *to `be out olf by the lowering of the valve l0. y Y

A very important feature vof the invention is the connection of the pipe with the valve structure 22 whichperrnits the float valve and its associated parts to be bodily removed from .thetank merely by unscrew-Y ingfthe union27 from the valve structure2'2. i From the foregoing description and a I Vhave thuis provided a float valve which'is extremely simple construction, which. eliminates the u-se'of washers, which is not ciently performs all itisv inten'ded.

VHaving thusV desribed my invenftn' I Y and threaded upon said member, ashell, a

a Water inlet pipe, av

Vplug threaded within. the lowerend of said s hell and provided Y with an Vinternally threaded bore communicating with' la valve seat in the upper' facev of' the' plug, said' last named pipe being threaded'into said bore, and a; float' actuatedA valvemovable f within said shell fand engageable with said seat.

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study of theit' will that i l j ment` with said" inlet 30 likelyV to get out of order and which elli- Y the functions for which' ,y 

